Non Appliance Mode Only
This steps are only applicable for Non Appliance Mode
Note: Since it is a non appliance mode, advise your Linux admin on how to perform the below commands
- Ensure that your OS is RHEL v7.2 or CentOS v7.2 - 64 bit mode only as described in system requirements.
- Ensure you select the correctt architecture type and make all needed resources in system requirements available.
- Ensure you have at least one Network Card installed and configured with full access to a network service - such as DNS and NTP (the same as your IDGs) - see Network requirements
# | Subject | Action | Checked |
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Prepare Admin access | Installation must be performed using root user. you can NOT run it with sudo. you can run it after running the command: su - | ||
Prepare your installation file and environment | Ensure your /tmp directory has at least 1GB of free space Install from a different directory is possible. Ensure that this directory:
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Download the CEF file and transfer it to the /tmp directory in the Pre-installed OS server. | |||
Run command from the Pre-installed OS server terminal : chmod 755 ./<File Name> | |||
Setup your network (consult your network admin) | Setup your DNS - use your network admin to assist you with this action. | ||
Setup your NTP - make sure it is the same used for your IBM DataPower Gateways. You should consider running the command : yum install ntp.
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Verify thar the /etc/hosts file includes an entry with your server name mapped to your external or internal (127.0.0.1) server IP
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Verify all required RPMs installed | Verify the existence of the following RPMs from the official RedHat/CentOS yum repositories:
If these are not found on your system - you will need to install them yourself. The installation is usually done with command: yum install httpd. If the package is not included in the repository, you will need to add the containing repository. Run the following command: subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rh-common-rpms | ||
Ensure the httpd service is enabled - use command: systemctl enable httpd.service | |||
Ensure the httpd service is started - use command: systemctl start httpd.service | |||
Install mod_proxy_html
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Prepare disk, mount points / file systems and logical volume | For Production and Non Production installations, the Standard Edition requires 3 disks (LUNs / physical / virtual) to support throughput. You need to allocate the following mount points / file systems on the different disks as described in table 1 below It is strongly recommended to use logical volume manager (LVM) especially for data disk The minimum file system sizes for the different installation types are described in table 2 below | ||
Open your firewall to access to DPOD server | To configure your firewall for open access to DPOD server for port 443. use the following commands: This command might not be applicable if your system has no builtin firewall. firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443 If you need to remove access (close the port): firewall-cmd --zone=public --remove-port=443/tcp --permanent firewall-cmd --reload iptables-save | grep 443 You should open ports for the DNS Server, your DataPower devices, your SMTP server and others as described in firewall rules. Please assist your network admin and Linux admin to enable access on these ports. |
Table 1 - Prepare your disk and mount points
File system / Mount point | Disk Name |
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/ | sys |
/var | sys |
/tmp | sys |
/boot | sys |
swap | sys |
/logs | data |
/data | data |
/shared | app |
/app | app |
/installs | app |
Table 2 - Prepare your file system
folder / mount point | Light Edition free space in GB | AIO Edition - Minimal/Low/Medium/High free space in GB |
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/ | 2.0 | 2.0 |
/logs | 1.0 | 10.0 |
/var | 2.0 | 4.0 |
/tmp | 1.0 | 2.0 |
/data | 3.4 | as described in Hardware and Software Requirements minimum of 100GB |
/shared | 0.5 | 0.5 |
/app | 2.3 | 6.0 |
/installs | 3.4 | 7.0 |
/boot | 2.0 | 2.0 |
swap | 3.0 | 8.0 |
Installation Compatibility Checks
There are two types of checks: Critical and Informational.
The critical checks are mandatory in order to install the system. The informational checks are highly recommended for the system optimization.
Please take time to review the checks results after installation, and perform all applicable optimizations . The compatibility checks report can be found in /installs/logsappliance_checks-<date time>.log
Supported programs
The only supported programs for installation on the DPOD server are infrastructure / system tools like Antivirus agents, Monitor Agents, Backup Agents etc.
Note that these system tools may affect DPOD's functionality and performance.
If you encounter functionality or performance issues, try first to disable these system tools.